Ehu prices

I see that electricity prices are predicted to rise to 80p per kWh in the uk soon and probably at least that in ROI. Lots of campsites thinking of installing meters but at £200 per meter per ehu point others are talking about a flat rate for electric at £10 to £15 per night.

I think solar panels will be very popular next year.

I’ve looked into options but retro fitting the systems I see in Spain etc would cost to much for most sites, including mine. Individual meters per ehu are an easier and cheaper retro fit. Or systems like the meter maid initially designed for boats.

Great set up but the cost to retro fit would be huge.

I wonder how cost of this type of solution would stack up https://www.rolecserv.com/c-smartcard-metering

There's always the trusty Generator

Tommy's smelly gennny might be a welcome sight on a few meets at that rate

Your definitely right there.

No you get a double fine

Back on topic.
Are we likely to see the current high price of electricity being used by unscrupulous campsite owners as an excuse to significantly inflate their pitch prices and at the same time making the price inclusive of EHU even if it's not wanted.
There were isolated examples of this practice appearing last year for the 2022 season.

So his Ehu was €2? Doubt that!

Problem then starts, people pluging in when he's not looking, like in Goosey island, they need to remove some points like The Hub

I don’t know what other campsites will do but for me I have a pitch price and then an extra €3 if people wanted ehu. All my pitches have ehu available on them. Next year I intend to have a pitch price and an option for Ehu but it’s likely to be €5 not €3.

I have ordered some plug in meters and will run my van using my typical devices, fridge etc and see how many kWh I use to get an idea of my usage to set a realistic price. This won’t help with assessing the use for people using electric heaters or heating the hot water on electric but it’ll give me a starting point.

All leccy should be 3amp, or 6amp max, enough to charge your battery and power your fridge. Use gas for everything else.

That's my view and that's how we ran the CL.

It would also stop people using electric heaters to warm awnings that were empty and nobody was in.

I’ve met many people on sites who have said exactly that to me, I’ve paid for electricity I’m going to get my monies worth. The only time I see people conserving electricity is when they get an initial allowance and are charged extra for additional kWh.

I’d love to go down that route but the outlay is putting me off as I have more than one ehu per fuse in the main board.

I was on a site in Vera (Spain) €3 for 6amp supply €4 for 10amp I was in the 10amp location not because I needed 10amp but because it was initially a quiet pitch with no neighbours.

Then came along 2 Brit vans travelling together. 30 mins in and the owner had to reset the trip. Another hour later the owner was resetting the trip again. The Brit turned to me and said is your electric supply ok, mine keeps tripping. I asked what was he using as mine was fine. He rattled off a long list of things using electricity, so I told him not to use them at the same time. I’ve paid extra for 10amps I’m going to use it.
I saw him in the morning and he was complaining that he had no electric over night and the owner wouldn’t re set the trip. I said I’m not surprised as the owner did warn him after the last reset that he wouldn’t do it again.

I don’t want to downgrade my supply as I’d be forever dealing with people and re setting the trip but I can see why many sites are 6amp or less.

Yes, and often in a locked box so you have to go cap in hand to the reception and ask for a reset.

A good few years ago during October, we were at a Caravan Club rally on one of the more renowned campsites. The main fuse popped and was replaced, it happened a second time and the electrician said he could make toast on the main board it was so hot and he wouldn't return a third time. It was only after that threat that all the space heaters in the awnings were turned off.
The voltage of the site circuit had gone so low that my AES fridge had automatically switched back to gas.

As said, a 6amp supply is more than adequate for fridge, battery charging, tv, and lights, anything more is an invitation to break out the 2kw heater and domestic electric kettle, etc.